Building an Internet of Things nation for all
Society is at the beginning of a new era, driven by ever accelerating social and technological trends; a shift to high density urban living, artificial intelligence, smart infrastructure and the...
Light-enabled technology to be tested in remote part of the Highlands
Engineers from the University of Edinburgh are to carry out tests of light-enabled technology in a remote part of the Scottish Highlands in the hope to address connectivity issues. The...
On ScotRail ‘download the Beatles back catalogue in under two minutes’
ScotRail is to trial the fastest in-train Wi-Fi service in the world – Project SWIFT will allow users to experience Internet speeds on-the-go of up to 300 Mbps. Currently, passengers...
Vodafone hints at full-fibre connections direct to homes and businesses
Vodafone is looking at investing in laying ultra-fast full-fibre broadband connections to homes and businesses in the UK if it can find partners to share the costs, according to its...
Excellence and innovation; last chance to nominate for Scottish housing awards
Scotland’s housing sector is gearing up for this year’s Excellence Awards; 17 categories celebrating the best and most innovative projects. Closing date for nominations is tomorrow (8 September, 4pm). The...
Adoption through collaboration
A must-attend event in the New Year as developing BIM in a collaborative 3D environment becomes imperative for the public sector The Review of Scottish Public Sector Procurement in Construction...
Digitisation of construction
Data and gaming science will play a pivotal role in the built environment’s futureConstruction Scotland Innovation Centre’s (CSIC) postgraduate programme is to support 30 Scottish and EU students in this...
A superfast country
Programme is part of Government’s plan to make Scotland a world-class digital nation by 2020Vivienne Seeley set up VivID, a graphic design consultancy, 15 years ago working from her home...
Virgin Media’s network footprint is about to get bigger. And faster.
The cabling giant is expanding its high-speed infrastructure across Scotland as part of ‘Project Lightning’Virgin Media is the largest private network cable operator in the UK – offering broadband, TV,...
Need to know when the kids are almost home from school? There’ll be an app for that soon
First Group is trialling new software that will send bus notification alerts to parentsFrom a fairly ordinary local bus company bought out by managers when the market was deregulated in...
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